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Lighting Test (C+C)

  • 16-02-2008 6:39pm
    #1
    mloc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭


    I made a homemade grid box thingy for an SB-600 which is a bit rough and ready but really does get results. An example of the lighting with and without is here.

    Anyway, just messing around really here. Used one flash off camera (an SB-600) triggered by my D200 (pop up flash at -3 ev), the homemade grid and a reflector slightly off to the right. They aren't amazing but I'm basically just trying to get used to the lighting setup. Any comments etc most welcome...


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  • #2
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    ok. far from being expert on lighting i do notice something worth considering - in #1 and #2 you are picking up those pesky shadows caused normally by direct flash. They're a pet hate of mine.

    #3 doesn't suffer from the same and it makes for an interesting image

    i checked out your example with and without and i'm not quite convinced it 'does the business' for an image. Even in your bounce flash example, you are picking up the aforementioned shadow. But its a little strange - you obviously had a light source to the left of the image (right of the subject) causing shadow of the nose and also have shadow from your construction at the back and when bounced.

    So, a couple of things to consider but i'm sure there are many others that are better informed than i in terms of what to be looking out for here.

    Good luck.

    EDIT: BTW - Just viewed some of your flickr stream and I think your "CTN Interview Shots" are really great - If you are able to reproduce this quality on demand, then you won't need a honeycomb thingy ;o)


  • #3
    mloc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭mloc


    Indeed, you might be right on the shadows. Idealy I would have had another flash set up with an umbrella as a mainlight.

    Those interview shots were all (or at least mostly) natural light through a window with a fast lens. The lighting photographed itself really!

    OT: Is your username in any way related to a small shop on the Dingle Peninsula?


  • #4
    City-Exile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭City-Exile


    Somthing about the light that makes their skin look dirty.
    Not sure what you were aiming for, but I don't think it makes for good portrait light.


  • #5
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    Hmnnnn..... Nope - its related to a very dodgy B-Side (?) of an early days U2 song - An Cat Dubh which i think was linked at the hip to "Into the Heart" and probably dates back to 1980-ish???? Living in the past - When music was real music - I'm getting old. Sad i know ;o)


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